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How Does a Tens Unit Work on Muscle Spasm- Pain comes from electroechemical impulses relaying the pain message. A TENS unit interrupts this pathway. T.E.N.S stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. It is often used to treat low back pain and neck pain. Tens units use a low voltage electrical current to induce pain relief. Continue Reading Article

How To Avoid Neck Pain While Doing Abs- If you do your Abdominal crunches correctly with proper form, there is no reason to suffer from neck pain or sore neck. One of the biggest mistakes that people make is that involve there neck muscles while doing these exercises- that is a NO-NO. Bringing your head and neck forward puts unnecessary pressure on the neck and it is not healthy. So when you do your abdominal crunch look at the ceiling.Continue Reading Article

Thursday, May 12, 2016

5 Simple Products That you Can Use to Stretch Your Neck Gentle and Get Pain Relief

A gentle neck stretch can do wonders for neck pain,numbness and tingling and weakness in the upper extremity. Its called neck traction. If you are cleared for neck traction by your Dr then this is something you should consider.If my husband has a headache, he will do some gentle traction for about 5 minutes - 15 minutes. Here are 5 very gentle neck traction products That I recommend. They are simple to use, and not cumbersome.

The Soothe-A Ciser Cushion- very comfortable. This is very similar to hanging your head off of the bed to get passive neck traction.

The Posture Right Neck Orthotic - Soft Version. It utilizes a fulcrum to direct force (stretch) into the cervical spine to allow for muscle and ligament remolding. The neck orthotic has a non-changing, constant, specific 1 inch contact point that delivers a significant amount of traction without the use of additional weights, pulleys, straps, water or inflation.

The Arc4life Traction Neck Pillow - Yes, you can use this just for laying on 10-15 minutes. Simply lay on the V Side of the neck pillow on your back. That's it. Be careful, you may even fall asleep.

The Posture Pump 1000 - the mack daddy of neck traction. This one I am going to add to the list. It is simple to use but there is more involved. It is still better than over the door neck traction or any other complicated device. You can control the amount of the neck stretch.